The Carpenter's Pencil: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War

The Carpenter's Pencil: A Novel of the Spanish Civil War

The acclaimed Galician authorâ€™s novel of the Spanish Civil War is â€œa sincere and beautiful portrait of a brutal, ugly period of Spanish historyâ€ (The Guardian).
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Novelist and El PaÃs journalist Manuel Rivas has been heralded as one of the brightest in a new wave of Spanish authors. Originally written in Galician, his native language, The Carpenterâ€™s Pencil was a bestseller in Spain and has been published in nine countries.
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Set in the dark days of the Spanish Civil War, The Carpenterâ€™s Pencil charts the linked destinies of Dr. Daniel Da Barca, a Republican who cheats death in General Francoâ€™s prisons; Herbal, an illiterate Falangist and Da Barcaâ€™s shadow; and an unnamed painter with the carpenterâ€™s pencil, the man who unites them in life and death. It is also the story of Marisa Mallo, loved by both Da Barca and Herbal; Pepe SÃ¡nchez, the bolero singer; â€œGenghis Khan,â€ the wrestler; and the legend of two estranged sisters, Life and Death.
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All of these and more are bound by the events of the war. And all are rendered, in Rivasâ€™s skillful hand, with the power of the carpenterâ€™s pencil, a pencil that draws both the measured line and the artistâ€™s fanciful vision.
Country USA
Manufacturer The Overlook Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-05-15
Format Kindle eBook

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